# Sportcenter Anchors...Who's the best? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257 "2001-10-29T07:15:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aztec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@aztec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aztec)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/1 "2001-10-29T07:15:55Z")
I’m just sitting here watching Stuart Scott and Dan Patrick on SC, and I’m wondering, who is the best SC anchor? Personally, I wish Craig Kilborne was still at ESPN, but since he’s not, my choice would have to be Kenny Mayne. “That’s a 4-6-3 double play if your scoring at home, or even if your alone.” He cracks me up all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/2 "2001-10-29T20:21:40Z")
Well, no offense, but I can’t stand any of them. Not only do I NEVER find them funny, I think they are the most irritating group of people on television. Just give me the scores, dammit, and leave the comedy to the experts, like Gallagher, or Byron Allen. ---
**Author:** ![aztec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@aztec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aztec)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/3 "2001-10-29T20:40:25Z")
Hate Sportcenter? Well, I guess it’s possible… some people hate sex. As for comedy experts, David Letterman is the king in my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/4 "2001-10-29T20:44:44Z")
Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick _together_. Anything else has been a pale comparison. Actually, if you think the Sportscenter anchors are bad, you should watch the CNN/SI anchors try the same schtick. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/5 "2001-10-29T20:52:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aztec \* > \*\*As for comedy experts, David Letterman is the king in my eyes. \*\* Just to be clear, I don’t find Gallagher at all funny… Get my drift? ---
**Author:** ![aztec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@aztec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aztec)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/6 "2001-10-29T20:54:12Z")
He was great, especially with Dan Patrick. It stinks that he’s at Fox Sports now. Oh, and I can’t stand the CNNSI guys, they’re just an unreasonable facsimile. Did you ever see that SNL skit with Ray Romano making fun of Sportcenter? I don’t think I’ve ever laughed that hard. ---
**Author:** ![aztec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@aztec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aztec)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/7 "2001-10-29T20:58:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by notcynical \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by aztec \* > > \*\*As for comedy experts, David Letterman is the king in my eyes. \*\* > > Just to be clear, I don’t find Gallagher at all funny… Get my drift? \*\* Well, your not as crazy as I thought you were. I was sitting here thinking “Gallagher?..Byron Allen!!!” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/8 "2001-10-29T21:35:29Z")
Like anybody could do the job as nicely as Jillian Barbarie. She just leaves me whipped. ---
**Author:** ![Von\_Erich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@Von\_Erich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Von_Erich)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/9 "2001-10-29T21:54:38Z")
Tim Meadows and Ray Ramano. Sweet sassy molassey! They give you sports like a donkey eating a waffle! ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/10 "2001-10-29T22:22:51Z")
He isn’t at Fox Sports any longer (which must be particularly sweet since they are paying him to sit on his ass). It would probably be best if he just stopped trying to do TV and wrote; he is a fabulous writer. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aztec \* > \*\*He was great, especially with Dan Patrick. It stinks that he’s at Fox Sports now. Oh, and I can’t stand the CNNSI guys, they’re just an unreasonable facsimile. > > Did you ever see that SNL skit with Ray Romano making fun of Sportcenter? I don’t think I’ve ever laughed that hard. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![NaSultainne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NaSultainne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NaSultainne)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/11 "2001-10-30T05:28:51Z")
Uh, since over in the “What laws would you make” thread I already eliminated all but one sport channel, AND I don’t watch Sportcenter, can I still play? 'Cause I like two sports guys (they’re all alike, right, I mean you can throw any one into any other slot, right?) How 'bout Roy Firestone and Bob Costas. Two smart guys with a way of making sports(boring) into interesting for this no-sports-no-way gal. And, hey, thanks for asking! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aztec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@aztec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aztec)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/12 "2001-10-30T05:32:33Z")
Hey, thanks for answering. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sportcenter-anchors-whos-the-best/90257/13 "2001-10-30T19:03:18Z")
1. Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick; _sine qua non_. 2. Keith Olbermann 3. Dan Patrick 4. Craig Kilborn 5. Kenny Mayne Everyone else ranges from unfunny and competent (Rich Eisen, Stu Scott) to unfunny and laughably incompetent (ESPNews call-up flavor of the week). MHO. 🙂